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Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-04-03 10:08am

how fast can a ssd perform one?

Admiral Drason · Post by **Admiral Drason** » 2003-04-03 05:13pm

Unknown but most likely within one hour.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-04-03 10:45pm

The limiting factor is almost certainly the velocity at which it can orbit a planet.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-04-04 01:13am

In RotJ the Executor made it from the far side of Endor to cut off the Rebel Fleet in minutes. Talk about a snowball from hell.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-04-04 01:32am

Cal Wright wrote:In RotJ the Executor made it from the far side of Endor to cut off the Rebel Fleet in minutes. Talk about a snowball from hell.

Except that was moving to a certain target. Movement while performing a BDZ would likely be slower and more methodical, although I agree with the sentiment that it wouldn't take very long at all.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-04-04 04:40am

Two full orbits of a planet: One to fry it all to hell, and then once more just for shits and giggles.

hvb · Post by **hvb** » 2003-04-04 12:06pm

If the SSD has the same firepower density over its surface as an ISD, and an ISD uses one full hour to BDZ a planet, then the SSD requires 60 minuts/(11[length in ISDs]*6?[width in ISDs, guesstimated]) = 55 seconds to fry said planet.

Kazeite · Post by **Kazeite** » 2003-04-04 01:09pm

Now, the question is, can it make a full circle around the planet in 55 seconds

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2003-04-04 06:48pm

I was thinking, would a star destroyer be able to simply use it's ion cannons for a BDZ operation? Just simply ionize the oceans? How bad do you think the ion storms on planet surface would get after that? Kind of a "BDZ lite" operation, if it's plausible.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-04-05 01:31am

irishmick79 wrote:I was thinking, would a star destroyer be able to simply use it's ion cannons for a BDZ operation? Just simply ionize the oceans? How bad do you think the ion storms on planet surface would get after that? Kind of a "BDZ lite" operation, if it's plausible.

I'm not sure if Ion cannons would work that way. It's possible, I suppose, but why bother?

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-04-05 03:33am

The Galaxy guides say a few hours, but this could either be the time it takes to circle the planet (although this should be overriden by canon accele rates) or it may indicate that a SSD slagging/BDZ op is more intensive than what other ships employ. I tend to opt for the second choice

FettKyle · Post by **FettKyle** » 2003-04-05 04:05am

I heard it would take an ISD 27 hours to totaly destroy the planet I would imagine that a ESD doing just BDZ would take a very short while.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-04-05 05:06am

FettKyle wrote:I heard it would take an ISD 27 hours to totaly destroy the planet I would imagine that a ESD doing just BDZ would take a very short while.

Eclipse Star Destroyer wouldnt bother with a BDZ...just fire the fucking superlaser.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-04-05 08:55am

irishmick79 wrote:I was thinking, would a star destroyer be able to simply use it's ion cannons for a BDZ operation? Just simply ionize the oceans? How bad do you think the ion storms on planet surface would get after that? Kind of a "BDZ lite" operation, if it's plausible.

This was actually done once, albeit on a much smaller scale. An ISD used its weapons to super-heat the ocean around a particular city, and the resultant steam-cload pressure-cooked everyone there, making for easy mop-up operations. However, since a BDZ requires that a planet be entirely slagged, ion cannons targetting the oceans would be insufficient.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-04-05 06:41pm

Also, the non-destructive nature of an ion cannon is a myth. Given that the ion cannon seems to more or less rely on a stream of relatavisticly-moving charged particles (the only way I can think of to get any real range from it) as well as various canon and official quotes indicating the destructive nature of the weapon - I find it inconceivable that anyone would think they are harmless.

Incidentally, the first Rogue Squadron novel features ion cannons bombarding a planetary target (which admittedly is protected by planetary shields) and dispersed energies radiating off the shield destroyed nearby forests and b uildings, IIRC.

Luke Starkiller · Post by **Luke Starkiller** » 2003-04-05 07:13pm

Connor MacLeod wrote:Also, the non-destructive nature of an ion cannon is a myth. Given that the ion cannon seems to more or less rely on a stream of relatavisticly-moving charged particles (the only way I can think of to get any real range from it) as well as various canon and official quotes indicating the destructive nature of the weapon - I find it inconceivable that anyone would think they are harmless.

Incidentally, the first Rogue Squadron novel features ion cannons bombarding a planetary target (which admittedly is protected by planetary shields) and dispersed energies radiating off the shield destroyed nearby forests and b uildings, IIRC.

The bombardment included TL's at the start, they cut back to Ion Cannon to avoid dammage to the base once the sheild started to draw back.

FettKyle · Post by **FettKyle** » 2003-04-08 12:53pm

FettKyle wrote:
I heard it would take an ISD 27 hours to totaly destroy the planet I would imagine that a ESD doing just BDZ would take a very short while.

Eclipse Star Destroyer wouldnt bother with a BDZ...just fire the fucking superlaser.

sorry I meant SSD

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